With The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 6 releasing on Disney Plus, many fans were left wondering
how Anakin Skywalker could be on Coruscant at this point in the war, while still being
seemingly excited to see Padme after so much time had passed, in Revenge of the Sith.
If Anakin was on Coruscant this soon before the reunion scene in Revenge of the Sith,
why did he not have contact with Padme?
Is this a major inconsistency in the timeline or is there an explanation to this issue?
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On top of various other conflicting pieces of information coming out of Clone Wars Season
7, like Anaxes and Skako Minor being switched from core worlds to being part of the infamous
Outer Rim Sieges, the appearance of Anakin on Coruscant during the Ahsoka alone arc shocked
many fans.
As we saw in Revenge of the Sith, Anakin and Padme were ecstatic to see each other after
such a long period of time apart, with Anakin out fighting in the Outer Rim Sieges for many
months.
Seeing as Padme was visibly pregnant in her hologram communication with Anakin in Episode
1 of the Bad Batch arc, that would squarely place the arc during the outer rim sieges,
as stated in the Episode, and only just prior to his return to Coruscant.
So if Clone Wars Season 7 is taking place in chronological order, this would mean that
Anakin would had to have returned to Coruscant prior to his rescue of Chancellor Palpatine
in Revenge of the Sith, creating a major conflict with the movie and directly contradicting
the line where he states “If it weren’t for the Chancellor being kidnapped, I don’t
think they ever would have sent us back from the Outer Rim Sieges.”
There are a few solutions to this problem, with only one of them resulting in no conflict
with the current timeline.
The first possibility is that Anakin has been granted leave, or has possibly been reassigned
back to Coruscant, after the Battle of Anaxes.
It is possible that his mission or assignment on Coruscant required his presence on the
planet to remain hidden, even from Padme.
This would still contradict his statement in Revenge of Sith, unless of course he was
lying to Padme about his whereabouts during their time apart.
To be honest, this solution really doesn’t make sense and contradicts a significant portion
of Canon material, including Revenge of the Sith.
Anakin makes it very clear that his rescue of Chancellor Palpatine was the first time
that he had been back to Coruscant since the Outer Rim Sieges had begun.
Furthermore, the Anaxes campaign is clearly set very near to Anakin’s return to Coruscant
in Revenge of the Sith, as Padme is already visibly pregnant, leaving very little time
for Anakin to return to Coruscant for this episode, go back to the Outer Rim to continue
the battles, and then return to Coruscant once more to rescue Chancellor Palpatine.
Overall, a very unlikely situation.
So to be honest, I don’t think it's a viable option and I really do think that this is
not the way that they’ve gone with it.
The other possibility, which makes a lot more sense, and would fit with how the rest of
the Clone Wars has been released, is that the Ahsoka Alone Arc is set not long after
her framing and exile from the Jedi order in Season 5 of the Clone Wars, placing it
firmly before to the Bad Batch arc.
Having this Arc set only a few months after Ahsoka’s exile would fit perfectly with
Anakin still being on Coruscant, and also not leave Ahsoka with a huge gap in her timeline.
If this Arc takes place during the Outer Rim Sieges, what was Ahsoka doing for all the
time between her exile and Revenge of the Sith?
She’s clearly still naive and not very knowledgeable about the way of life of the Coruscant underground
and level 1313, further demonstrating that she is still very new to life in the underworld.
With Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 6, Deal or No deal, came a whole range of evidence to
strengthen the fact that this Arc takes place before the Bad Batch Arc.
First off, the leader of the Pyke Syndicate in the Ahsoka Alone arc is Marg Krim.
This confirms that the Arc takes place for the Dark Disciple story, where Marg Krim is
killed by the fleet of the Black Sun, a rival crime Syndicate.
It also obviously must take place before the Son of Dathomir storyline, where Krim’s
second in command, becomes the new leader of the Pyke syndicate after his death.
Taking this information into account, in addition to the Padme hologram scene from Episode 2
of the Bad Batch Arc, where Anakin mentions that they are currently fighting in the Outer
Rim Sieges, the arc would have to take place well before the Bad Batch storyline.
The Ahsoka Alone arc would be placed after the Crystal Crisis arc, where Anakin and Obi
Wan are tasked with investigating a large shipment of Kyber Crystals on Utapau, which
would later be used as the fuel for the Death Star, but would be placed before the Dark
Dark Disciple story, following Assaj Ventress’ redemption.
The only thing that detracts from this theory is that Ahsoka definitely looks like her Lekku
and Cheek markings have grown, meaning a significant amount of time may have passed.
This of course can be explained simply through advancements in the animation technology of
Season 7 of the Clone Wars, but it is something to think about.
So overall, it is overwhelmingly likely that this arc takes place before the Bad Batch
arc, and it is probably only a matter of time before someone from the Lucasfilm Story group,
or even Dave Filloni himself confirms that this is the case.
I hope I was able to clear up the confusion surrounding the episode, and provide a solid
explanation of the current Star Wars the Clone Wars Season 7 timeline.
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